TECH. REVIEW (2)
DMB PHONE
The advanced hand held phone technology accelerated the emergence of many DMB phones. When did DMB phone start popularized? Perhaps it started since 2006. Then, why does it enjoy such popularity? Because it can get rid of the dull time, allowing us to watch TV easily even in movement. Then, what exactly DMB phone is and how was it developed? As the hand held phone becomes one of the must the modern man. These days, we can buy at any of hand held phone store as it is popular.
DMB stands for Digital Multimedia Broadcasting. It is a new idea of mobile multimedia broadcasting service, which combines broadcasting and communication. It is called as a next generation broadcasting service by the ease to carry and the availability of data-transfer services with high quality audio and video files. DMB was originated from DAB, which is Digital Audio Broadcasting. My country, Korea, tried to introduce this DAB. However, it is DMB that reinforces the functions of movie files and multimedia with DAB technology. Various information can be communicated as text or video including voice in DMB with modified DAB. Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics together invented a satellite DMB cell phone in May, 2004 at the first time in the world. Now it is possible to use 3 or 4 movie channels and around 10 channels of high quality audio broadcasting anywhere regardless of any place. It is available to receive traffic information while driving and to purchase in advance tickets for theaters and to reserve seats in restaurants by connecting it to a cell phone. Furthermore, a united one with MP3 and camera cell phone accommodates users with complex technologies.